Alternet

Twilight's eyes opened at percisly 7:15 am. She lay in bed, mentally reciting everything she had learned last night. The periodic table, the states of Equestira, an extract from Shakesphere, finally everyone who have been in a position of power in Equestira since records began.

After checking a double checking that none of the valuable information had been lost in the unforchanate nessesity that was sleep, she began her mourning routine.

First, she got up and streched (left arm first). Second, she levitated a wash cloth and conjoured hot water to pour on it, after washing her face she would change into her royal robes, and then procede to her dressing table to brush and style her hair and tail, and apply the nessisary make up.

When statisfied with her appearence she unlocked the safe in he chambers and put on her hoof slippers, neclace and crown, finally levitating paperwork and general books from her cabinet that she kept floating behind her as she walked gracefully out of her chambers.

She woul have breakfast with Celestia as Luna was always asleep during the day, then head off the her study to do said task plus other royal matters, then head to the library for a thoughroly ejoyable afternoon and evening of studying, she would have the servants bring her lunch and dinner there.

She reached the door to the dining hall and knocked politely on the engraved crystal.

"Enter." came her mentor's calm voice. The garuds posted outside the door opened it for her and she strode into the large yet completely empty marble dining hall.

She bowed, "Princess Celesita, god mourning your highness." Her magic glowed and she pulled a chair out for herself, her favourite breakfast already laid out on the imprecable white cloth.

"Twilight, I am your student now as well, you and me may not bow to each other," Her mentor looked up from her magicly buttered toast. "We are equals." Twilight nodded, it had been stupid of her her to bow. She would remember next time.

"Yes princess," She started on her panckaes, levitating wipped cream onto them as she spoke. "What task do you want me to do today?"

She took her fork and began to eat, as physicly eating tended to look more proffesional than using magic.

"Not a task today Twilight, I just want to show you somthing." The purple princess looked up, her mouth full of pancake.

"I assume you are familiar with the most powerful magical objects in creation?" Twilight forced down the pancake in her eagerness to answer.

"Yes, Princess! There's the elements of harmony, the alicron amulet, Starswirl the bearded's legindary staff, the Crystal heart, the Jewls of the Griffin Kings, the mirror of Alternet," Celestia stopped her with a slim finger to her students lips.

"What do you know about the mirror of Alternet?" She asked, in a mildly amused voice.

"It is said that Starswirl the bearded created it for personal use, how and why specificly he made it are unknown. The mirror is not dangourous physicly, it cannnot inflict physical pain, but the information that it presents to the viewer had been known to be mentally harmful." She recited word for word a extract form a book she had read a year ago.

"And what information does it present?"

"The mirror shows the viewer different ways his or her life may have turned out, somtimes these possible realities are so much better than the actual reality that the viewer goes mad with longing, somtimes they are to terrible and the viewer goes mad with terror that it may actuly happen aganist all scientific evidence. It can be potencially very dangourous."

"And what would you say if I told you where it currently resides in Canterlot Castle, final resting place of Starswirl the Bearded?" Twilight struggled to contain her excitmeant, an all powerful object, made by Starswirl himself resided for her use in this very castle?

"I would be intreged and greatly compelled to study and reserch it." She beamed, praying that Celestia would actuly give her such a chance.

"I believe you are strong enough to see this mirror, Twilight. So I give you my permission to reserch it.

"However, you must no tell anyone - exept, if you wish myself -  about what you see or that the mirror exists at all, Starswirl had as many admiers as he did enemies, and I am sure you are aware that many of his possesions have been distored by said enemies. The information might fall into thier hands. It would be a terrible shame to loose an object as valuable as this. Secondly, I ask that you not let this mirror corrupt you, as it has done to many good people."

Twilight listened diligently and nodded, secretly hurt that the princess would think that she would be curropted so easily.

"Of course, princess."

Celestia picked up a delicate tea cup, and tilted it slightly towards her.

"I shall take you to it after breakfast, for now, I think your pancakes have gone cold."